St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-28

JAIL BE- II DS.
The Large Number of BOarders ii
Minnesota and Dakota Prisons.

Minnesota and Dakota Prisons.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.--The report of
the attorney general shows that more prs-
onerS are confined in local jails in the
Northwest than in aEy other part of the
United States. There are three jails in the
country which receive the greatest proper
tion Of the prisoners convicted in United
States courts. These are the Southern Illi-
nois penitentiary at Menard, the house of
county penitentiary at Albany. OF 1,O35
United States prisoners in custody in the
various jails throughout the country during
the past year, 619 were in these three pris-
onS. The rest were distributed in
the various jailS throughout the states
and territories. There are four jails in
Minnesota in which United States prisoners
are confined. Jailer Brackett at Mime
apolis, has 1. Jailer Zwickey, at Crooks
ton, has 6. Fred Richter has 55 at st. Paul.
and Jaler Bogart, at Winona, has 25
Dakota and Montana necessarily have a
good many United States prisoners in local
jails. Aleck Mckenzie has in the county
jail at Bismarck Z, Sheriff Haggad has in
the jail at Fargo 5, Sheriff Garland has in
the Deadwood jail IA. and Pat Brennan,
the sheriff of Yankton county, has
II in charge, Montana has 81 United
States prisoners. Eleven are in charge of
Sheriff Savage at Miles City; l in charge
of Jailor McDevitt, at Fort Benton; 6 in
charge of Sheriff McMasters at Deer Lodge;
A. j. Edsall has at Bozeman: Churchill
has 2 at Helena; Jaiier Suttle has 2 at
Glendive; there are in the Butte City
Jail. and Sheriff King has 5 at Billings
rOo6 Of faI
oners, the Jail at Milwaukee containing
Al; that at Oshkosh 9, and that
at Green Bay 3 The report shows
that the United States courts
in Minnesota during the past year
have cost the government $50. 1881, of
which $1,319 went to the United States
commissioners, S1.476 to clerks. So, 976 to
attorneys, 81, 552 to the support of prison.
ers, IS, 800 to witnesses fees, $11.6lS to
jurors and IS, 600 to salary and expenses of
marshals. The Dakota United States
courts have cost nearly double this there
having been spent on this account in the
territory during the past year STA. $50. 80.
of which S2,225 went for rents, S377 to
United States commissioners, 81, 383 to
clerks, 81, 436 to attorneys, $500 to mis-
cellaDeous expenses. S5, 600 for the
support of prisoners, $25. 500 for
witnesses, Sl5, $40 Tor Jurors and SIC, 500
for marshals. Montana has been almost
equally expensive, spending S72 494 on her
courts. Of the total, S16.2 $50 went to pay
marshals and deputies, S11.53 to jurors.
S25, 400 to witnesses, S4, ,093 to the support
of prisoners, So. 541 to miscel laneous eX
penses, S5,201 to attorneys, 50, sos to
clerks and 81. III to United States commits
soners. The Eastern and Western dis
trcts cost the government $40, 526 of which
the marshals received. in the Eastern dis
trct, S6,270 and in the Western di strict
S., 647; jurors in the Eastern dis
trict S., COS. and in the Western
SIS, witnesses S3,O75 in the East
ern, and So. $50 in the Western district.
Uncle Sam has not been particularly sue
cessful in collecting all he sued for in Min
nesOta. OF a total of S4O.246 sued for in
civil suits and criminal prosecutions in the
circuit and district courts there has been
collected but 50. $50 in the year. Most of
these suits were pine land suits There are
now pending in the state fifty-two criminal
prosecutions, mainly on this account There
are also pending thirtY-hve civil suits which
| are mainly on this account. The United
States collected in civil suits during the
year in Minnesota S1,O61, out of S5, 5O2
sued for